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Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-02-04

stronger or more responsible corporation
In America than The Louisiana State Lot
terry Company. The standing of the man.
ayers in the community would preclude the
idea of dishonesty in connection with it
II could not afford to be dishonest. Its very
honest. and has the full confidence OF our
people"
These sentiments were expressed by
every prominent man seen by the Chronicle
reDOrter, and his interviews covered fifty
different persons. in every walk of life.
Not one man was found who had an evil
word for the Lottery, though nearly all
deprecated the drawing of lotteries.
THE MANAGEMENT.
The reporter next presented himself at
the management of the Company, and
frankly stated the object of his mission.
DR.. NJ. A. Dauphin, the President of the
Company, promptly invited the reporter to
feel at liberty to examine the conduct of
the establishment. The Company is the
owner of its own building at the corner of
st. Charles and Union streets It is hand
some and substantial structure, three stor-
les high, and is wholly devoted to the uses
of the lottery. An army of clerks are en-
gagged in keeping up the record of tickets,
correspondence and books Of this corpora
ton. The system of the office is admirable,
it is perfect. A complete record is kept of
every letter received, and thousands of dol
lars pinned to letters in which they were
received, are found in a sort of dead-letter
box, being letters that had not been signed
or gave name and no. address. These are
scrupulOusly cared for until demand is
made for the money by careless CORES
pondents, or the persons are found through
an admirable system of tracery. The let
tiers pertaining to each Drawing are kept
separately, and subsequently bound; with
this record is kept another, showing to
whom the tickets have been sent, so when
the drawing is over the winners of prizes,
ately ascertained.
EXTRAORDINARY DRAWING.
Satisfied as to the legal and financial
status of the concern, the reporter deter
mined to investigate the honesty of the
Drawing. This was an event in New
Orleans. 1t took place in the Academy of
Music which had been specially arranged
for that purpose. 1t was an extraordinary
drawing, the prizes aggregating $522,5OO,
including a Capital prize of $3.50, 900, one of
$4,000, one of 100000, two>of $4,000, and
four of $4,000, with many smaller ones
The drawing 0 + this lottery was wholly in
the hands of General G. T. Beauregard, of
New Orleans and General Jubal A. Early
of Virginia. The managementof the Com
pany had absolutely nothing to do with it.
The preparations began ON Monday and
were not concluded until Friday. The
scheme was based on representation of
100000 tickets, against which 1877 prizes
were to be drawn. Then there were 1900
Approximation Prizes not drawn from the
wheel, making total of 2,197 prizes. The
numbers were printed on blue paper meas
uring two and One-half by one and one
half inches. These had to be care
fully counted from l to 100000.
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1854 won $4,000, and 56,7s4 brought some
happy holder $1,000 more there was not a
murmur, but soon change came upon the
assemblage. General Early said: mo. 81
4o9n 4 General Beauregard slowly arose and
spontaneous applause went up, a good-luck
wish to the happy holder. So the work
went along until No. 93,174 won the grand
prize of $150,O00. That ended the interest on
the part of the audience, which quickly
dispersed, leaving the commissioners alone
to complete the work. No one who saw
the lottery drawn would question the
honesty of the commissioners. No one who
has seen the handful Of prizes sitting along
side of the twenty bushels of numbers, rep
resenting the possibilities of winning,
would wonder whether the lottery was
honestly drawn. Still there might have
been fraud in the large wheel and to satisfy
himself in that respect the Chronicle re-
porter proposed to ascertain if the full
100000 numbers were in the wheel. AS
soon as the drawing was over the control
of the wheel was passed over. to him. One
hundred of the tubes were connted out at a
time until 1000 had been counted. These
were weighed and on the basis thus secured
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means mysterious Or lowly. aLotr implies

means mysterious or lowly. s.Lot' implies
something hidden, and that which can be
known orawarded only by fortune or the
act of God. Lot and Abraham were seek
ing their fortunes, and when they ssfell
out" they went upon mountain from
whence they could see all the east and the
west, and Lot chose the beautiful valley
which stretched away toward Jordan and
Sodom and Gomorrah. He was taking his
chances. He had to draw q prize or q
blank in the lottery Of life. The desolating
fire wrapped his estates and cities in
flames, and even his wife was turned into
pillar of salt. That was hard alOt."
It was by casting slots" that the eleven
disciples elected the successor of Judas,
and the famons missionaries among the In
dians, the Morayians, in the early days
married by "lot"--an so marriage still re-
mains lottery. Augustus introduced lot
teries to the people of Italy. About the
time of Luther the Italian merchants dis
posed of their wares and goods and ships.
by lot: In 1880 the republic Of Genoa re-
sorted to lotteries to maintain the govern
ment, and there the first lottery with regu-
larly numbered tickets were drawn. Fran
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els I; adopted the Genoese plan, and each
purchaser of ticket paid small
sum as tribute to the Government.
Twenty-one years later lotteries for money
exclusively were founded, and they were
conducted under the direct control of the
king, In England the first public lottery
was drawn in 1869, the profits being de-
qoted to repairing English harbors. In 1912
q lottery was granted by the Crown to the
Virginia colony and in 1880 one to supply
London with water. In 1909 Parliament
passed lottery bills, and kept up the prac-
tice regularly. In October, 1925, the last
public lottery was drawn under Parlia-
mentary law in Great Britain. In Ham
burg and in Cuba lotteries are in full oper-
ation,Du none of them with the safeguards
that has been cast around The Louisiana
Lottery. The Continental Congress estab-
lished lotteries, and the so-called art
unions were lotteries in another guise.
EXAMPLE OF WASHINGTON. "1
DR.. Dauphin.the President of The Louisi-
ana State Lottery Company, is not only an
excellent and systematic business man,
but an antiquarian, ESPECIALLY in this spec
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ial line. Among others, he has a ticket of
the United States Lottery, which was
drawn at Philadelphia under a resolution
of Congress, passed in Philadelphia on No
vember IS, 1776. Another reads as follows:
Nn%4sr 5a' 1853.
This ticket mo. 257 shall entitle
the possessor to whatever prize may happen to be
drawn against its number in the Mountain Road
Lottery. =.
(SignedD GE )RGE WASHINGTON.
The "Fathcr of his Country" could not
tell a lie, but lie did officiate in number
OF lotteries, and Congress authorized the
earlier Presidents to draw lotteries for the
benefit of the national capital.
tcAt A%og OF the er New nsgens essy 6ose ory
drawn in 1868. This ticket is signed by
John Sergeant. The lottery itself was a
swindle. as PreSbytery failed to pay the
prizes. as is shown by the history Of the
college published by the Lippincotts.
Perhaps Il the most 19t interesting Of al the
terry, drawn in 1867. This is indorsed by
William White as Deputy Clerk of court
in which it had been duly registered.
White was subsequently ordained and
became Bishop, and the real founder Of
the Protestant Episcopal Church in Amer
lea. .
The Amoskeag Canal Lottery was drawn
| in Boston in January. 1908, and on the
tickets appeared this inscription: "Roads
and canals are the grand arteries of inter
| national commerce"
Union College. New York, was endowed
| by means of lotteries dl avn under the Act
Of the Legislature OF 1906.
NewOrleans had lottery as early as 1924
called the Grand State Lottery, and it was
drawn fol the benefit of the State. In 1882
| New Orleans drew lotteries for the inn
provement of public roads, and in 1883 the
| French Evangelical Church of this city
| also drew one. The present "Premium
Bonds" of this city are lottery scheme, the
interest being distributed in blocks by lot,
after the manner of the Austrian loans.
These bonds are popular and command q
| high premium. Indeed the people of this
city and State have been always. and are
now. devoted patrons of lotteries, and they
| have the greatest faith in their home instI-
| tuition. AZ
One person made happy by yesterdays
| drawing is the maid Of Miss Kate M. For
=! syth, the actress. The members OF Miss
| Forsyth's company. now playing here.were
seized with the infection of specializing,
and bought ticket or two each. Her maid
bought tenth ticket for 81. She won a
tenth of one of the 5000 prizes, and this
| morning received $500 on her investment.
She is an exceedingly happy woman, and
has already sent for her husband to meet
her at indianapolis to spend Christmas
week with her. The members of the COM
pany are pleased over the joy Of the little
maid.
Such instances are numerous, and while
yesterdays drawing has brought disap-
pointment to some, It has also gladdened
many heart. and smoothed the down
ward journey of life for hundreds. The
writer is convinced that every ticket had q
fair and equal chance, that the lottery was
fairly and honestly drawn, and has seen
the prizes promptly paid, without deduc-
tons of any sort-San Francisco (Cal)
Daily Chronicle, Dec. 80. s
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face. The ladies filled the balcony and the
boxes and leaned forward in thair aarer

boxes and leaned forward in their eager
ness to catch the numbers as they were
announced. They seemed to forget every
thing about them. One Clergyman was
present, and the. audience included all
classes of people. AS General Early
announced the first number, 5,O97, a hush
fell upon the audience. General Beaure-
gard turned his wheel, and the boy having
draWnla q prize. the General said $500"
which was the prize given for that num-
Der. For several minutes the prizes
ranged from $l0O to $500, when General
EARLY said "S,712," and GeneralsB sBeauregard
arose and said, in distinct and clear tone,
"$1O,OO0," and q murmur passed through
the audience. Who was the lucky holder ?
The wheels were turned, to thoroughly
mix the tubes, after drawing twenty num-
bers, and the boys were changed at the end
of every sixty numbers. s. a77 -.-
The drawing is sQmewhata a monotonous
affair, and lasted until o'clock--four
hours of diligent work, diffusing happiness
and wealth over the nation. The audience
was evidently interested only in the
grand capital prize and when ticket
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Ticket
City.

Two negro laboring men in New Or
leans won 900 each-One-tenth each of
the capital prize-and there was joy on
their faces when they received their
money. DR.. Daulphin, the President of
the Company, then exhibited the list of
ticket holders, showing to what sections of
the country the tickets were sent, and to
whom, thus affOrding an absolute protec-
ton against fraud and duplication of
tickets.
Everybody in New Orleans buys lottery
tickets. They do that as regularly as they
be had in the city yesterday morning at
ten o'clock. The institution has strong
hold upon the people-nothing peculiar
among the Latin race. They believe in
the responsibility and honesty of the Com
pany, and are ready to take their chances
on winning back their money. And then
the possibility Of one of the Capital
Company has paid in prizes more than
$3000,0O0. The capital of the Company is
$1O00,0O0, and it has surplus of $780,
Everybody tries to get some of the stock,
and it is held largely by women. The
payment under it's charter of $4,000 year
equipped hospitals in the world in which
the unfortunate of the whole Mississippi
valley are cared for. But the liberal hand
of the Company reaches almost every
deserving charity in the community, and
hence its popularity to large degree.
There is nothing ostentatlous in its good
deeds, but they are for that reason appre-
ciated the more.
CASTING LOTS.
While from time immemorial the Latin
race had INDUCED in lotteries, the disposi-
ton to grow rich on the turn of a card is
not by any means confined to that race.
Sooner or later nearly every one buys lot
terry ticket, and joy comes with winning.
In this, as in many things in life, men are
proud only when success crowns their
ventures. The origin Of lotteries is by NO
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to the parties to whom due, and the COM
pensatiGn for the services of the said attor-
ney, together with costs, shall be collected
from the defendant.
WHEN REFERENCES MAY BE ORDERED.
No. 1S1 Aikens' bill for an act to amend
article Z of chapter 12 of the code of civil
procedure, provides that a reference may
be ordered upon the consent Of the parties
in writing filed with the clerk or entered
in the minutes of the court IN certain cases
specified. b 5:sss5 fs si :
SUPPLY OF BOOKS. 5if
No.1S2. Mr.. Whites bill provides that it
shall be the duty of the auditor or clerk of
any county in the Territory Of Dakota, to
furnish the clerks of any civil township
within the county, upon application there
for, with all necessary books and blanks
for town purposes, the same to be of uni
form system and the expense so incurred
to be paid by the county, upon the order of
the county commissioners.
TREE PLANTING.
No. 1873. Mr.. Dodds bill to amend chapter
of the session laws entitled Stree Planting"
provides that section of chapter 145 of the
session laws of 1885 be and the same is
hereby amended by adding to said section,
after the word condition." the following
words: "Said trees to be not more than
twelve feet apart" " ,
TO PREVENT TREsPAss.
No. 125. Mallory's bill to prevent tres
pass provides that it shall be unlawful for
any person or persons to enter or trespass
upon, for the purpose of hunting or fishing
or for the purpose of killing or trapping
any game, lands owned or occupied by any
other person or persons, after such owner
Or occupier shall have posted in three con-
spicuous places ON said premises notices
fOrbidding hunting or trespassing on such
laud. Violations OF the pro visions of the
act are punishable by fine of not less than
live nor more than twenty-five dollars.
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War Ahead.

There is great danger of war with Mex
leo in the near future. but at present we
can pursue the arts of happiness, prosper
ity and wealth. Wherever you live you
should write to Hallett & Co.. Portland,
Maine, and receive free full information
about work that you can do, aod live at
upwards daily. Some have earned over
$50 in day. Capital not required; you
are started free. All is new; both sexes.
All ages. Pay, as above guaranteed, from
first start.
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Get Rid of that Bad Taste.

When you wake up in the morning with
bad taste in your mouth, with your throat
and tongue dry and yellow coating on
your teeth and gums, don't imagine it was
all caused by what you ate the night before.
Of course, everybody does that and every
body "swears off" from again eating such
food. The trouble is that your liver is
clogged, your kidneys are overworked and
your bowels are not dong their duty. Take
from three to ten of Brandreths Pills and
note the sudden and wonderful change in
YOUR system
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Bucklen' Arnica SalVe.

The best salve in the world for cuts.
bruises, sores. ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin ernptions, and positive
ly cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price twenty-five cents
per box. For sale by J. W. Parker
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A Great Offer.

The Bismarck WEEKLY TRIBUNE will
be sent for one year, together with the
Western Rural, that great farmers paper.
for So. Is. This will include. if you are not
already getting the Western Rural, the
0Handy Dictionary" and the 1Work on
Rural Architecture" both valuable books
which retail for S1.40. Remember $S25 for
the two papers and books.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-02-04
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY.
An Investigation Into Its Legal
Status, Its Fairness and
Honesty.
Description of the December Drawing
With Other Facts.
New ORLEANS, la, December is.

CdulOfHld d IL a s
been a large patron
of the Louisiana
State Lottery. 1t
may be added, pa
renthetically, that
it has been also par
ticularly fortunate
in its investments
in this direction,
winning many of
the capital prizes.
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scanned as the drawing proceeded. No
two men could be in stronger contrast than
those who conducted the drawing. Gen
eral Beauregard stands about five feet
seven inches; his associate towers up
nearly or quite six feet. General Beaure-
gard wears mustache and Napoleon of
beautiful gray, the honors of years, while
General Early has a long, flowing beard,
which the boys who campaigned in the
Shenandoah will remember. 1t, too, gives
evidence of the hOary steps of advancing
years. General Beauregard has the
thoughtful, steady. reserved features of the
engineer, while General Early has the air
and manners of the man who welcomes
the call to "boots and saddle" Both are
much loved and highly respected here.
They have the thorough confidence of all
classes of the community and are honest
beyond doubt. They are not
stockholders in the lottery copany. and ac-
cepted the CommissiOnership in 1877 only
on condition that if they discovered any
thing dishonest they should have the priv
ilege of exposing it.
LUCKY NUMBERS.
Those ON the stage were there clearly in
a business capacity. They had no interest
in the drawing, save to see it honestly
done. With the udience it was different
Anxiety and expectancy beamed on every
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Scattering shots.

not made many SpeeCneS during Cle SeS-
sion, but he has made hosts of friends and
commands for himself and his district the
respect of the Legislature.
WHEN Senator McCumber yesterday
thOughtleSSly stated in his speech on the
unmentiOnable bill that "a girl is more of
a woman at the age of Is than man ISL
brass band could have been turned loose
in the senate chamber without making any
noticeable change in the noise.
SENATOR Grigsby was absent from his
seat yesterday, having been excused on
account of illness. Can it be that the re-
port that Governor Mccormick would veto
his bill has had this lamentable effect, or
is it the enervatIng illness of joy over the
return of his precious jug?
ANOTHER bill for the establishment of a
soldiers home, was introduced yesterday,
this time at Frankfort There seems to be
a race between the soldiers home bills and
the candidates for railroad commissioner
as to which will outnumber the other, and
it must be admitted that the race is about
nip and tuck.
WHILE commenting on the members of
the legislature, it is no more than justice
to state that among the most industrious
members of the senate is Mr.. Harstad. He
is always at his desk during session hours
and his constituents may rest assured that
their interests will be constantly and faith
fully represented until the sessions end.
WHEN will Secretary Kingsbury have
that poem ready for print? He is still
closeted in his room with the amorous
muse, and his friends are clamoring for the
verses which he is composing. Is it pos
high mark at which he aimed, and that his
weary eyes and haggard expression are the
result Of tedious revision?
REPRESENTATIVE ScHNA1Dr does not
speak very often, but when he does, it
counts. Yesterday morning the house re-
peated its favOrite action of recOnsidering
bill which it passed on the day previous.
Mr.. Schnaidt was somewhat DISCUS ed, and
exclaimed: "Vhel, you reconsider today
best by de people off we pass dot bills for
de first tyerty days fon de session, und re-
consiter for tyerty days, und den adjourn"
A BILL defining an unmentionable
crime and fixing the penalty therefor was
under discussion yesterday, and the roar
of laughter that followed Senator Bogert's
answer to Senator McCumber's remarks
was deafening. Mr.. McCumber had de-
scribed the crime and the relative amount
of blame upon the male and female.
That has not been my experience. said
Mr.. BOgert, with a pause, and before
he could say 'by observation" his voice
was drowned by the uproar.
AN ITEM is going the rounds that Council
Bluffs, Iowa, has a haunted house and that
noises like the jingling of coins are heard
therein. We don't know much about Iowa
politics, but would it not be well for the
legislature of that state to order call of
the house, and send the sergeant-at.arms
to the haunted building. In all probability
the lobbyists have rented the building and
are there advancing their arguments" to
the doubtful members who 90 home on
leave of absence.
The pool tournament opener at the
Sheridan house last evening by Donald
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small rubber tube, of which a cut is
also given. the prizes were also
printed in bold figures and simuarly
enclosed in tubes. This count con-
sumed five days and was conducted
by Generals Beauregard and Early,
who were assisted in their laborious
task by a number Of ladies of New
Orleans, whose families were re-
duced in circumstances by the war.
The work was carefully, thoroughly
and conscientiously performed. No
mistake was possible. Every num-
ber was there beyond a doubt.
When the count was completed the
tubes containing the numbers were
put into bags, which were sealed
with the autographs and private
seals of Generals Beauregard and
Early. These bags were placed in
box and stored in a vault. The
tubes containing the prizes were
similarly sealed and stored. Yester-
day these bags were conveyed to
the Academy of Music and one at a
time opened by the Commissioners,
and as opened their contents We're
placed in a large wheel. The
prizes when opened were placed in
| a smaller wheel. Everything was
now in readiness for the drawing,
toward which at least a quarter of
million of people looked anxiously
and hopefully. The wheels are
made with glass sides, as shown in
the engraving accompanying this
article. The one containing the
numbers, which is much the larger,
was placed on the left of the stage
and was in the special and personal
charge of the venerable Confederate
cavalry leader, General Early. The
smaller wheel, with the prizes, was
on the right of the stage under the
honest and vivilant care Of another
distinguished soldier and eminent
engineer, General Beauregard.
There were present on the stage
several clerks who registered the
prizes as they were drawn four
sub-commissioners, Messrs. Rous-
seau, Pinekard, Hodgson and Roux,
and reporters of the daily press. At
precisely il o'clock the drawing
began. The tubes were taken from
the weels by blindf )lded boys.
There was really no occasion for
this precaution, since the numbers
were thoroughly concealed in the
tubes, but the Commissioners con-
tinue the custom. The boys are
brought from local asylum and are
we'll paid for a few hours. work.
The scene was an interesting one
and especially to student of
human nature. The house was
fairly filled, many of those present
Il hAinr CtrQnrnrS who yUiSha6 fn
| satisfy themselves as to the honesty
of the drawing. Many, however,
had personal interest in the result.
These held in their hands lists of
their numbers, which they anxiously
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Tube containing number.
Then they were rolled up tightly by means
of an instrument of which an illustration
IS herewith, presented, and then inserted
into small rubber tube, of which a cut is